As a nurse I refuse to get the COVID vaccine but I was wondering I know that I used filter straws when drawing up medications from a glass ampule that you popped the glass top of and filters that we attached to syringes to draw of from a vial when mixing medicines. Could you request to have the COVID vaccine drawn up using a filter and would it even work??
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The smallest filter stocked in most healthcare facilities is 0.22 microns. These filters are currently used for various infusions, but in the old days they were used to “sterilize” products that were not intended for injection so they could be given intravenously. This filter size was effective for bacteria, however pyrogens were not filtered and thus the infusions could still be problematic.
Upon review of the size of nanoparticles, it appears most sites reference a size of 0.1 microns, thus the filter would likely be ineffective.
Smaller filters likely exist, but I thought I could at least add this from a hospital or clinic perspective.